Buckle



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' J. P. MOLLOY.

. Buckle. No. 236,061. Patented Dec. 28,1880.

UNITED TATES JAMES F: MOLLOY, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,061, dated December28, 1880.

Application filed October 23, 1880.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, JAME's F. MOLLOY, of West Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to what are known as f front-lever buckles, whichare composed sima single transverse slot for the passage of a strap, andhaving the portion above said slot pressed or set back from the otherportion of the frame to form a resting-bar, and a lever pivoted betweensaid resting-bar and the lower portion of the frame. In order to producethe setting back of the resting-bar without sub- 2 5 jecting the metalto great strain, I preferably bend the metal at each end of said slot,so as to give those portions a rounded form in a plane" transverse tothe length of said slot.

It also consists, essentially, in a novel manner of forming ears uponthe frame, which are pierced or perforated for the reception of thepivots upon the lever and bent outward at an angle to the body of theframe.

It also consists in the combination, with such a frame, of a leverhaving pivots at its ends, which are inserted into theholes in saidcars."

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a plan of the blankfrom which the frame of the buckle is formed. Fig. 2 represents a frontview of a completed buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents aback view thereof, and Fig. 4 represents an edge view of the buckle.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Adesignates the frame of the buckle, and B designates the lever thereof.

Referring first to Fig. l, A designates the resting-bar of the frame,which is formed by cutting a single slot, A in the blank. At each endthe slot is somewhat widened, and

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inwardly-projectin g cars a are formed, which are pierced or bored withholes for the reception of the pivots I), which are formed upon the endsof the lever B. After the blank has been cut out in the form shown inFig. 1 the resting-bar A is stamped or set back from the portion of theframe below the slot A as seen in Fig. 4, so as to permit the suspenderto pass freely down between the resting-bar and the portion below itwithout deflection from a straight line. The portions of the framecontiguous to theears a are then bentor pressed forward, so as topresent a rounded form in a plane transverse to. the length of the slotA as seen clearly in Fig. 4, and the ears themselves are bent backwarduntil they stand at a right angle to the body portion of the frame, asseen clearlyin Figs. 3 and 4, and they then have the pivots b of thelever B inserted into their holes or perforations. The elasticity of theresting-bar A renders unnecessary any play of the pivots of the lever intheir bearings in the ears a.

By my invention I connect the lever and frame so that the former hasvery little play in its bearings, and produce a buckle of much neaterappearance and more desirable than one having pivots formed upon theframe and ears upon the lever which are closed around said pivots.

In lieu of forming the bearings for the lever in the manner here shown Imay form them i in any other suitable way; but in any case the saidbearings are between the resting-bar and the lower part of the frame ofthe buckle.

It will be seen that, owing to the manner in which the metal at each endof the transverse slot is bent to set back the resting-bar, the metal issubjected to little strain, and hence not only are the buckleslesslikely to be broken in their manufacture, so as to render them unfit forsale, but they are also less liable to be cracked or injured so thatthey will break by little use.

What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a front-lever buckle, of a frame having in itasingle transverse slot for the passage of a strap, and having theportion above said slot pressed or set back from in g-bar, and a leverpivoted between said resting-bar and the lower portion of the saidframe, substantially as herein specified.

2. The combination, in a front-lever buckle, of a frame having in it asingle transverse slot for the passage of a strap, and having the metalat the ends of said slot bent to give said portions a rounded form in aplane transverse to the length of said slot, whereby the portion abovesaid slot is pressed or set back to form a resting-bar,and aleverpivoted between said resting-bar and the lower portion of theframe, substantially as herein specified.

3. A blank for a buckle-frame having in it a JAMES F. MOLLOY.

Witnesses H. G. HOTCHKISS, E. 11. WHITE.

